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John B. Breaux: “We have introduced legislation that would give consumers an incentive to monitor spending carefully because to do…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1992
We have introduced legislation that would give consumers an incentive to monitor spending carefully because to do otherwise would be wasting their own money.
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John B. Breaux

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A bipartisan group of senators emphasized the importance of consumer spending awareness.

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